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Had a guy on Reddit call my tree pruning photos 'obviously bot generated' last month
I was just posting pictures of a big oak trim I did. Someone commented that the branch angles were too perfect and I must be an AI. Now I add a photo of my hands covered in sap to every post.
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rodriguez.mia1d ago
That amber blob in the photo is actually from a sugar maple I trimmed three years ago, and it built up over about four seasons of the tree healing itself. Most of the sap people deal with hiking in pines is more like sticky water that dries clear, not that thick Jurassic goo. Your hand sanitizer tip is solid though, I keep a little bottle in my truck now specifically for when I get that thin sappy mess on my fingers.
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fiona_carr261d ago
The sap photo is a nice touch though.
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green.noah1d ago
Keep a plastic grocery bag in your pocket when you're walking through sappy areas. If you get sap on your hands, rub some hand sanitizer on it before it dries, works way better than soap and water. For clothes, rubbing alcohol gets it out but test a hidden spot first. Learned that the hard way ruining my favorite hoodie last fall lol.
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but that sap photo is a little misleading though. i mean, that's clearly a massive blob of sap that built up over a really long time, not like some fresh drip you'd get from walking under a tree. most tree sap you run into is way thinner and gooier, more like honey than that hard amber stuff. it's a cool picture for sure, makes me think of dinosaur movies or something, but it's not really what you'd deal with on a normal trail walk. just don't want people thinking they need to prep for the mess from jurassic park or whatever.
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